Prisoners Of War – Australians Under Nippon: Hank Nelson

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Prisoners Of War – Australians Under Nippon: Hank Nelson

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From 1942 – 1945, some 22,000 Australian Service Personnel – including 71 women of the Australian Army Nursing Service – become prisoners-of-war of the Japanese. They were held in camps in Timor, Java, Sumatra, New Guinea, Borneo, Singapore, Malaya and other locations including Japan. Only 14,000 survived those three and a half years after varying experiences at the hands of their captors. One of Nelson’s earliest memories is waiting at a small country railway station to meet a returning prisoner-of-war. The man, a frail figure in a too-big army uniform, hesitated in front of a line of cheering children. Uncertain as to what was expected of him, he looked around, perhaps thought about making a speech then walked away. He was one of those 14,000 who could never fully share with anyone who was not there. Here is the story of those years. With illustrations and maps.

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